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  Things I Learned From Freshman Year Overanalyzing all my bad habits.

  

  do drink it. If you’re hungry late at night, go ahead and eat to maintain your energy, but try to eat fruit or nuts or yogurt or something ... do, you’re very on top of things, but it’s my belief that you don

  • by Selam G. '18
  • July 23, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  My first music festival It was muddy.

  

  Have you ever had your car pulled out of a parking lot muddy field by ... 's kind of fun to sit in your car while it wags around, a tractor's tail ... us? Woman: Oh, you're trying to get to the festival! Me: Yes! Woman: Oh

  • by Anna H. '14
  • August 5, 2013
• Blog / MIT Life

  SCIENCE! I'm bad at it, sometimes

  

  finish writing a script, and are about to plot your data in a way that you ... your script in the command line, and see this ... Dealing With Your Gaffes bootcamp. My section is at 9am-noon on Tuesdays and

  • by Anna H. '14
  • November 12, 2012
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Three Guys, Six Degrees almost better than a five guys burger...almost.

  

  ...they’re all a little bit off-the-charts in one way or another. And you’re ... top of your General Institute Requirements AND fulfulling the ... to the class of 2012, and best wishes for your Commencement coming up

  • by Chris S. '11
  • June 1, 2012
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Academic Love Poetry The amount of poetry I write is inversely proportional to the amount of sleep I…

  

  one cried, as we all gaped at him. "It seems that your students are a ... students cry en masse, Your confidence, you will come to lament." It could ... will let me be your queen Let me succeed, and bring on 5.13. Ode to 9

  • by Anna H. '14
  • February 15, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  An Asymmetric Discussion of Shoes, the Process of Moving, and 3D Glasses Physics problem included. Some assembly required.

  

  scientific ingenuity or whatever; you can't pulverize a chunk of snow in your ... , unless your shoe also runs Shor's algorithm.* *Inexplicably, as I was ... tests and post your observations if you happen to have a pair of Avatar 3D

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 22, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Schedilemmas Schedule + dilemma = most incompetent-sounding portmanteau ever

  

  consideration and then progressively trim the fat from your course load until you can swallow your weekly serving of credit hours. For instance, my ... I ever invite you to a potluck.” Shortly after- K: Your salad right

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • September 7, 2009
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Adventures in Chinatown Food and friends and pigeons.

  

  yours, especially if you spend them in riveted perusal of my fascinating ... horizon. Dim Sum! If you're ever mind-numbingly bored enough to pop open a ... Principle. A few blocks later, you're dodging taxis in Chinatown and on the

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • October 9, 2008
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Upside-down and Reversed: Photography at MIT [by Biyeun Buczyk ‘10] I came to MIT thinking I’d put art aside for the…

  

  aspiring photographer, have at your fingertips as soon as you arrive. W20 ... gripe is that they keep your negatives until the yearbook is published ... —you use this to blow up your negatives into a viewable size. On the

  • by ARTalk
  • March 23, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Holy Grail of Classes Think of the coolest class you can. Then think of one that's a million times…

  

  , bending, torque) instead of your typical translational motion from basic ... This Class! The next slide then popped onto the projector. "Clear your ... needs the essay, and service grants are available if your toy shows enough

  • by Snively '11
  • February 6, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Low Balance A epic story of Chinese food, heartbreak, and loss. All because I have no TechCash.

  

  basically a debit card that doesn't collect interest. You put money on your TechCash account whenever you want, either from your account online or in ... like tickets to events or food from class fundraisers, or do your laundry

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 18, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Comments, UROPs, field trips, and OMG HP7! The most awesome blog entry ever. Because...okay it's probably not. But it's all about how…

  

  your friends start getting engaged and married and moving into real ... the inside singing the Toys R Us theme in your head about never growing up. It's true. Then, if you're me, you'll stick glow-in-the-dark stars

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Maybe I’m Amazed ...but not until Season 13, at least.

  

  from your hero? Well, lots! I took 10.391: Sustainable Energy and learned ... is like 5 minutes away from my house unless you're driving a car that I ... question was like, "How did you meet your partner?" I was kind of stuck at

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 19, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Return of the Frog Queen Okay, it snowed this morning, end of story.

  

  hydrogen, because that could explode and kill you while you're talking to your grandmother about apple pie recipes, and that would be fun for ... , MUCH safer. Just don't, you know, break your cell phone open or anything

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 5, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Re-introduction A summary, for those of you just tuning in.

  

  . If you're googling my full name, could you please leave a comment ... opportunity-laden time as college. If you're going to take the easy road now, you're going to be taking the easy road for the rest of your life. Ugh

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • July 26, 2006
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Psets from hell Sometimes learning can be painful

  

  volunteered to help out the following year. (You know how it is, when you're in ... , and a certain amount of mental dexterity. And if you're like me, they ... your M&Ms and 3 of your Skittles, how many snacks do you have left?" Here

  • by Laura N. '09
  • April 18, 2006
• Blog / About Decisions

  Why I came to MIT A few reasons I chose MIT, and I few reasons that would have made me…

  

  you for your work). More importantly for me, labs at MIT are more likely to have a favorable view of your intelligence as an undergraduate and ... motivated and encourages you to work your hardest. My personal suspicion is

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 7, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Even Waitresses Under 30 Call Me ‘Sweetheart’… Some thoughts about how classwork and free time intersect at MIT, with a look at…

  

  strength of your essay will likely rest on whether you find an interesting ... choose to say, you should support your contentions with close examination ... all of your new stimuli. I know I am. Second, any long-term projects or

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • October 8, 2005
• Blog / IAP

  101 Things About Tokyo (Pt. 2) I better get this up before I forget.

  

  that sushi can reveal your personality? (Japanese literacy required) 56 ... -ray-wah-ray-wah-day-key-roo) (wareware = formal plural of "me," dekiru = can! poder!) 61. When you're ... „Å´„Åé„Çä„ÄÅnigiri - the kind that you're used to with a rectangular blob of rice and a piece

  • by Chris S. '11
  • February 5, 2009
• Blog / About Decisions

  “what if I get rejected” for everyone nervous about admissions decisions

  

  . Getting into every ivy and your dream school and having already cured cancer ... fail to see, but the incessant reassurance from everyone I know "that you're ... switched their tune from "you're destined for Stanford, the greatest school

  • by Aiden H. '28
  • November 13, 2024